Transporting cargo

What this is about

Between loading and unloading sits the part people underestimate: the flight with a full cargo grid.

Prepare the ship

Before departure: fuel, ship condition, load firmly in place, ramp closed. If cargo sits outside, you know it is unprotected – see cargo grid & stowage.

Secure the load

There is a dedicated function in the controls for that: jettison cargo.^q2 Whoever knows it does not have to search in an emergency.

On the way

• Fly calmly. Every hard landing is a bet on the load.
• With several destinations, keep the order you planned while loading.
• For large ships of the Hull series, loading runs through the cargo transfer: according to the game text you contact cargo services, get a cargo deck assigned and have to keep your ship aligned in the loading area; movement or an obstructed area interrupts the transfer.^q1

The values are raw values in seconds, exactly as they appear in the game data – among them the deadline after which an assigned loading area is revoked.^q3

Several deliveries

BALDUURSGATE RECOMMENDATION. With several destinations: short legs first so the grid empties quickly, or – if one destination is particularly far – the distant one first while the tank is full. Which fits better depends on the route; there is no universally “best route”, and we do not name one.

Next: unloading & delivering